8. You ponder the merits of making happy hour martinis from celery, kale, cucumbers and vodka.

9. Eating two pieces of red pepper with hummus before breakfast feels like a ‘splurge’.

10. You know that your ‘Clean’ behavior makes you even more freakish than ever, but you feel so good on the program you decide to keep going.

So here’s to another day, week or month on the Clean Program!

(and an update on the allergies; my spring/oak/pollen allergies have not been bad so far this year. Even when others around me have been sneezing and congested, I’ve been feeling pretty good. I’m getting a much smaller array and weaker forms of the symptoms. I chalk this success up to Clean; not eating dairy, wheat, soy, corn, sugar are seeming to make my body less reactionary to whatever allergens come along!)